Environmental Sciences: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Science of the Total Environment	162
2	Journal of Cleaner Production	142
3	Energy & Environmental Science	136
4	Sustainability	130
5	Journal of Hazardous Materials	128
6	Journal of Environmental Management	124
7	Environmental Science & Technology	122
8	Water Research	115
9	Chemosphere	114
10	Environmental Research	110
11	International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health	101
12	Environmental Pollution	95
13	Nature Sustainability	92
14	Remote Sensing	89
15	Global Change Biology	86
16	Ecological Indicators	84
-	Resources Conservation and Recycling	84
18	Nature Climate Change	81
-	Environment International	81
20	Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety	77
21	Water	76
-	Environmental Chemistry Letters	76
23	Remote Sensing of Environment	75
24	Energy Policy	68
25	Communications Earth & Environment	67
26	Environmental Science and Pollution Research	63
-	Frontiers in Environmental Science	63
28	Toxics	62
29	Journal of Environmental Sciences	60
30	Environmental Technology & Innovation	59
31	Lancet Planetary Health	58
-	Waste Management	58
-	Marine Pollution Bulletin	58
-	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	58
35	Urban Climate	57
-	One Earth	57
37	Earths Future	55
38	Water Resources Research	53
39	Ecological Economics	50
-	Environmental Research Letters	50
41	Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics	49
42	Environmental Health Perspectives	48
-	Environmental Monitoring and Assessment	48
-	Environmental Science & Policy	48
-	Environmental Science & Technology Letters	48
46	International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology	45
47	Atmosphere	44
48	npj Clean Water	43
-	Environmental and Experimental Botany	43
50	Water Air and Soil Pollution	42

-	Environmental Sciences Europe	42
-	Global Environmental Change-Human and Policy Dimensions	42
53	Biological Conservation	41
54	Atmospheric Environment	40
55	Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy	38
-	Environmental Modelling & Software	38
57	Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition	37
-	Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology	37
59	Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio-Technology	36
-	Environmental Geochemistry and Health	36
61	Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy	35
-	Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology	35
-	Applied Catalysis A-General	35
-	Ecological Engineering	35
-	Ecosystem Services	35
-	Land Degradation & Development	35
67	Sustainability Science	34
-	Conservation Biology	34
-	Environmental Health	34
-	Ambio	34
71	Utilities Policy	33
-	Environmental Earth Sciences	33
-	Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering	33
-	International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment	33
75	Waste Management & Research	32
-	Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability	32
-	Journal of Contaminant Hydrology	32
-	Environmental Development	32
-	Journal of Industrial Ecology	32
-	Environmental Science-Nano	32
81	Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions	31
-	Environment Development and Sustainability	31
-	Global Biogeochemical Cycles	31
84	Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry	30
-	Climatic Change	30
-	Environmental Toxicology	30
-	Atmospheric Pollution Research	30
-	Water Science and Technology	30
-	Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment	30
-	Current Pollution Reports	30
-	Ecological Applications	30
-	Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology	30
93	Waste and Biomass Valorization	29
-	Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management	29
-	Marine Environmental Research	29
-	Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Water	29
-	International Soil and Water Conservation Research	29
-	Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry	29
99	Geocarto International	28
100	Natural Resources Forum	27
-	Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences	27
-	Journal of Soils and Sediments	27
103	Regional Environmental Change	26
-	International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation	26
-	Biodiversity and Conservation	26
-	NanoImpact	26
-	Environmental Research Communications	26
-	Biochar	26
109	Climate Risk Management	25
-	International Journal of Biometeorology	25
-	Advances in Climate Change Research	25
112	Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment	24
-	Journal of Mountain Science	24
-	Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy	24
-	Geohealth	24
116	Water Supply	23
-	Journal of Flood Risk Management	23
-	Environmental Management	23
-	Air Quality Atmosphere and Health	23
-	Environmental Reviews	23
121	International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry	22
-	Climate Services	22
-	Journal of Hydroinformatics	22
-	Environmental Science-Processes & Impacts	22
-	Environmental Science-Water Research & Technology	22
126	Water Environment Research	21
-	Reviews on Environmental Health	21
-	International Journal of Environmental Research	21
-	Journal of Aerosol Science	21
-	International Journal of Phytoremediation	21
-	Ecological Processes	21
-	Journal of Water and Health	21
-	Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management	21
134	Journal of Arid Land	20
-	Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology	20
-	Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change	20
-	Polish Journal of Environmental Studies	20
-	Carbon Balance and Management	20
-	Elementa-Science of the Anthropocene	20
-	Environmental Microbiology Reports	20
-	Bioenergy Research	20
142	Water Research X	19
-	Chinese Geographical Science	19
-	International Journal of Sediment Research	19
-	Journal of Great Lakes Research	19
-	Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part B-Critical Reviews	19
-	Environmental Technology	19
-	Geomicrobiology Journal	19
-	Biogeochemistry	19
-	Rangeland Ecology & Management	19
-	Sustainable Environment Research	19
-	Journal of Arid Environments	19
-	Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability	19
-	Aerosol and Air Quality Research	19
155	Ecosystem Health and Sustainability	18
-	Ecotoxicology	18
-	Journal of Environmental Radioactivity	18
-	Environmental Engineering Research	18
-	Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing	18
-	Wetlands	18
-	Journal of Environmental Quality	18
-	Environmental Evidence	18
163	River Research and Applications	17
-	Conservation Physiology	17
-	Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering	17
-	Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Sciences	17
-	Anthropocene	17
-	Estuaries and Coasts	17
-	Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems	17
-	International Journal of Environmental Health Research	17
171	Environmental Modeling & Assessment	16
-	Aquatic Sciences	16
-	Vadose Zone Journal	16
-	Arctic Science	16
175	Chemistry and Ecology	15

-	Journal of Coastal Conservation	15
-	Ecohydrology	15
-	Aerosol Science and Technology	15
-	Human and Ecological Risk Assessment	15
-	Geobiology	15
181	Soil & Sediment Contamination	14
-	International Journal of Mining Reclamation and Environment	14
-	Journal of Environmental Engineering	14
-	Journal of Hydrologic Engineering	14
-	Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology	14
-	Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis	14
-	Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association	14
-	Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part A-Current Issues	14
-	Anthropocene Review	14
-	Greenhouse Gases-Science and Technology	14
191	Wetlands Ecology and Management	13
-	Radiation and Environmental Biophysics	13
-	Journal of Applied Remote Sensing	13
-	Journal of Hydro-Environment Research	13
-	Environmental Conservation	13
-	Environmental Fluid Mechanics	13
-	Journal of Radiological Protection	13
-	Aerobiologia	13
-	Clean-Soil Air Water	13
-	Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part A-Toxic/Hazardous Substances & Environmental Engineering	13
-	Food and Environmental Virology	13
-	Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology	13
203	Carbon Management	12
-	Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part B-Pesticides Food Contaminants and Agricultural Wastes	12
-	Water and Environment Journal	12
-	SAR and QSAR in Environmental Research	12
-	Soil Science and Plant Nutrition	12
208	Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene	11
-	Arctic Antarctic and Alpine Research	11
-	Bioremediation Journal	11
-	Radiation Protection Dosimetry	11
-	Environmental and Ecological Statistics	11
-	Environmetrics	11
214	Natural Resource Modeling	10
-	Environmental Chemistry	10
-	Agricultural & Environmental Letters	10
-	Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine	10
-	Water Resources and Economics	10
-	Ecohealth	10
-	Journal of Paleolimnology	10
-	Antarctic Science	10
-	Applied Ecology and Environmental Research	10
-	GAIA-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society	10
-	Health Physics	10
225	Microbial Risk Analysis	9
-	Mountain Research and Development	9
-	Ozone-Science & Engineering	9
-	Radioprotection	9
-	Global Nest Journal	9
-	Climate Research	9
-	Journal of Coastal Research	9
-	Environmental Engineering and Management Journal	9
233	Arid Land Research and Management	8
-	Industrial Health	8
-	Coastal Management	8
-	Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics	8
-	Journal of Environmental Engineering and Landscape Management	8
-	Environmental Forensics	8
-	African Journal of Range & Forage Science	8
-	Human Dimensions of Wildlife	8
241	International Journal of Global Warming	7
-	Environment	7
-	Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health	7
-	Grundwasser	7
-	Physical Geography	7
-	Revista Internacional de Contaminacion Ambiental	7
247	Polar Record	6
-	Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry	6
-	Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences	6
-	Journal of Environmental Informatics	6
-	Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management	6
252	Journal of Elementology	5
-	Arctic	5
254	Biotechnologie Agronomie Societe et Environnement	4
255	Journal of Environmental Science and Management	3
256	Gefahrstoffe Reinhaltung der Luft	2
-	International Journal of Environment and Pollution	2